That Asrock board does look interesting! Kudos to them and Asus for fitting the M.2 slot onto an ITX mobo.

EVGA really needs to look at what they're doing; ITX without WiFi? Plus a lack of features and a higher price than the competition, no interest in the Stinger boards from me (although they do appeal aesthetically).

Sad to see MSI sticking to that awful layout with the CPU socket too close to the PCI-E slot.

Nice to see an good selection of well specced boards early on.
I like the way Gigabyte have saved space by mounting the WiFi cards vertically close to the board edge - No long dangling wires.
One irrationally fussy point, the inner pedant was irritated by the fact that the Asrock board photo wasn't in the same orientation as the others on the page, making it harder to quickly assess layout.
Also, on p2, the mATX Gigabyte Gaming 5 has crept in on the board photo instead of the ITX one.
Looking forward to see how these all pan out on review, I really do have a soft spot for ITX.

Maybe following on from JRS' post, we could have a round up of suitable coolers for these boards, as we have 2 CPU placements.

When we get each board in we'll test it with various heatsinks and report our findings - I know there were lots of comments about this on Z87 as they got more popular so we'll be looking in a bit more detail now.

When we get each board in we'll test it with various heatsinks and report our findings - I know there were lots of comments about this on Z87 as they got more popular so we'll be looking in a bit more detail now.

I'm probably being a bit dense, bit how do you put the side panel on if the m.2 ssd is put on the back of the motherboard? Wouldn't it stick out?

In a same way as your heatsink backplate doesn't stick out . And in a same way it is on any Z97 board - paralel to the motherboard as Dave said. so they will stick out only 1-2 milimeters, which is enough place between the motherboard whatever you are mounting it on.

I'm surprised many mini-ITX boards don't come with M.2 slots. You'd think this connector would be ideal for an SFF system as you eliminate a chunky 2.5 inch drive and its cabling from the equation.

Speaking of the M.2 form factor, there are quite a few SATA protocol drives like the Evo and the M550, but are there any PCIe protocol drives available on the retail market? I'd rather have those for their superior speed.